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Published by Sophia Univ. & Charles E. Tuttle, Tokyo & Rutland, Vermont, 1968
Seller: Alphaville Books, Inc., Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good++. Book slightly bowed. Otherwise a very clean and tight copy. No underlining or highlighting.
Publication Date: 1968
Seller: Battleground Books, Yorktown, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Sophia University, Tokyo. Sproston served as an officer aboard the USS Macedonian. The Macedonian was part of the 1854 initial US expedition to Japan. Led by Admiral Perry, Sproston and the xpedition visited the Ryukyus, Bonins, Formosa, and the Philippines. The book covers his time on the trip. Second Edition Revised, a reprint of the 1940 book. Includes 19 plates, a tri-fold color painting, biographical notes, bibliography and index. Very good copy of the hard cover book in a good dust jacket. The dust jacket has a little edge wear and a little sun staining. 128 pages.
Published by Sophia University, 1940
Seller: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Published by Sophia University, Tokyo, 1940
First Edition
HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 122pp, quarto. Monumenta Nipponica Monographs. tight binding, clean throughout, 2" strip of discoloration across the top of front cover, Good.
Tokyo 1940, Sophia Univ. First edition. Red cloth, very good 122p., index, bibliography, 19 b. w. photos, 18.5 x 26 cm. FIRST EDITION Primary source on the opening of Japan, by a member of the Perry expedition. * This is the text of his private journals written at the anchorage in Yeddo Bay, the visit to Shimoda, one of the two commercial ports opened to trade by the treaty. * An American description of Hakodate, their return to Shimoda. Breese's description of the Formosa coal field, with a history of Formosa, at anchor at Manila harbor. The gala day at Manila, Manila cigars. * An excellent primary source for the Perry expedition 1852-1854. *.